Petition against the reform of the secondary school curriculum in Geneva

A petition is currently circulating in Switzerland, to encourage the Department of Public Education (DIP) in the canton of Geneva to reconsider its plans for the upcoming reform of Swiss secondary school curricula. If the reform goes ahead as currently planned, it will have a profound impact on the humanities. For example, students will be required to choose between Latin and English, which will undoubtedly be to the detriment of Latin. Furthermore, other optional subjects, such as Ancient Greek, which are already marginalised, will be limited to two years of teaching for students who do choose to study them.

 

It is clear that this proposed reform poses a danger to our disciplines: fewer and fewer students will opt to study Greek or Latin, and those who do will likely not receive the preparation required to pursue their studies at university level.

 

More details on this reform and its consequences can be found here, and the petition itself here. As all petitions in the Canton of Geneva must be posted, it is necessary to print, sign and scan the document, then email it to valeria.lovato[at]unige.ch by June 2nd 2025.